Electric controller.



A.C .EASTWOOD 82 J. H. HALL. ELECTRIC, CONTROLLER. ArPLIOATIQN FILED 11111520, 1911.

1,053,484. Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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WH'NESSEE ATTORNEY WlTNESSES 37 ATTORNEY A. C. EASTWOOD & J. H. HALL. ELEUTRIG CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1911.

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ELECTRIC CONTROLLER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 20, 1911.

1,053,484. Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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WITNESSES a fy/k L6. 7M 7L ATTORNEY ARTHUR C. EASTWOQI) AND JAY H. HALL ELECTRIC CONTROLLER AND MANUFAC A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

or GLEVELAND,10HIO, AssmNons are THE TUBING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

ELECTRIC v CONTBOLLER' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 20, 1911. Serial llo. 634,305.

Patented 'Feh'lfli 1913.-

To all whom it may concern.- v Be it known that we, ARTHUR C. EAST- woon and JAY H. HA L, citizens of the' United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Electric Controllers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements 1n electric controllers, and particularly that type which are used to control motors with shunt field winding and in which a field regulator is used in connection with the shunt field to control the speed of the motor. During the starting of such a motor it is desirable that the regulator be cut out of circuit while the motor is being accelerated in order that the field strength will be great enough to prevent arcing at the.

motor brushes, and to develop sufficient torque to start the load.

'We have shown our invention used in connection with magnetically operated switches whose operating windings are energized by current in the motor circuit, and

it is desirable upon the/closure ofthe last resistance switch to' hold this switch closed v by means of a winding connected in shunt across the source of supply in order to prevent the opening of this switch should the motor current become zero or reversed. This often happens with motors driving line shafts or a heavy load having a flywheel etfect wherein the fly-wheel will tend to drive the motor upon a sudden reduction of voltage on the line, thereby producing a negative current throl'igh the motor, which would cause the resistance cont-rolling switch to open when its winding is dependent upon the motor current to hold it closed.

The objects of our invention are (1) to provide among other things a controller whichwill insure that the motor will be accelerated under full field excitation; (2) to maintain such excitation during the whole period of acceleration; and (3) to provide means to connect the field regulator automatically in the shunt field circuit after the last resistance controlling switch has operated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 show diagrammatically three ways in which our invention may be made. Referring to Fig. 1, S is a knife switch ent, particularly for connecting the motor and controller .to the source of supply. The armature of the motor is represented by A, the shunt field by f, the starting resistance by R", R, R

and the resistance controlling switchesby S,

S S having operating windings 0', c 0 respectively. The shunt field circuit is traced from positive through the field f; beyond which it has alternative paths, one directly to the negative through the contacts on the relay B, and the other to the negative through the resistance 03 of the field regulator D. The field regulator D consists essentially of. a resistance of, of the amount of which can be regulatedv by the position of a movable arm (P. A relay B having the winding 7) operates to open the direct path to the negative or the short circuit around the resistance a of the regulator whenever its operating winding is energized. The resistance controlling switches are of the type described in plications, Serial Number 583,000 filed September 21, 1910 and Serial Number 604,331, filed January 23, 1911, and'in Eastwoods Patent, No. 1,0 10,292,'granted October 8, 1912. In these applications and in this patin Fig. 2, the switches have the peculiar characteristic that they remain in open position when their operating windings are energized above a predeters mined value, and will operate to close their contact-s when the energization falls below this value. Since the last resistance switch S in operating connects the armature directly across the line, and short circuits also its own operating coil 0 it is necessary to provide holding means for maintaining said switch closed after it has operated. To this end we provide the switch S with the holding coil h one end of which ispermanently connected to the bridging piece of said switch andthe other end of which is con- .nected in a circuit, easily traced, in series with the operating coil 6 of the relay B and the limiting resistance? to the positive on the line switch S. This circuit will be energized as soonas the switch S closes.

The'op'eration of the controller is as follows: Upon the closure of the switch S, a circuit is established from the positive through the armature A, the starting resistance R R", R, and the operating coil 0 of the switch S to the negative. At the the armature current decreases, and when it reaches the value at which the switch 3 is adjusted to operate, the switch S" closes itsv contacts, short-cireuiting the resistance It,

' and causes the winding of the switch S to become energized; The rush of current in the armature circuit locks open the switch S until, the motor increasing in speed and the current decreasing to the value at which the switch S is adjiiisted to operate, the switch S closes its contacts, short circui'ts the resistance R and connects in'circuit the operating winding 0 of the switch S Owing to another rush of current in the armature circuit, the switch S is locked open until, the speed of the motor increasing and the current diminishing to the value I at which switchS is adjusted to operate,

the switch S closes its contacts and short- The arma-- circuits the last resistance R. ture circuit is now easily traced from the positive through the armature A, and the contacts on the switch S to the negative. The closing of the switch S short-circuits the operative windings 0, c and 0 thereby deenergizing the same and causing the switches S and S to drop to the open position. The switch S would drop also were it not for the holding coilfi which is now energized by current which .tlows now from the positive through the resistance 1 the coil I), and the coil k to the negative. The switch S is held closed irrespective of the deenergiz ation of the coil 0 The energize tion of the coil 6 causes the relay B to lift, and open at the contacts 5 the direct path to the negative of the shunt field circuit,-

leaving only the other path through'the re sistance d and the arm (Z in the field circuit. The current in the shunt field f is, therefore, weakened, causing a further acceleration of the motor to its maximum speed. The amount of the resistance 03' may be varied at will up to a certain maximum, whereby the maximum speed'of the motor may be adjusted within certain limits. To stop the motor it is only necessary to open the I switch S.

- In Fig. .2, another switch-S is provided for short-circuiting the series field F and connecting the armature directly to the negative, this switch like the switches .S', S and S being of the type described in Canfields application, Serial Number 583,000, which are locked open when the current in their operating coils is above a certain limit.

Y the limiting resistance e The shunt field circuit has two paths to the negative; one through the contacts 6 bridged by the relay B and the other through the'resistance oi the regulator D. Since the switch 8" in closing its contacts shortcireuits its own operating winch ing, it is necessary to provide said switch with means for holding it closed after it has operated. l fe, therefore, provide the switch S with the holding cell it? connects. in s cir "t traced from the ,ositive through coil it", the coil i'foi the relay l3, and the hridging pieces of the switches S and S". it will be seen thattho coils 7i and i)" and the resistance a" are connected in series in the same circuit.

The o iieration of the controller shown in Fig. 2 is as follows: Upon the closure of the switch S, a circuit is established from the positive through the armature A, the series field F, the starting resistance P9, 12. B, and the winding 0' to the negative. At the same time another circuit is completed through the shunt field f, and the contacts ill) shunt field excitation. The resistance switch S locks open until the acceleration of the motor causes the armature current to decrcase to that value at which the switch S is adjusted. to operate. [it that moment the switch S closes its contacts, short-circuits the resistance It, and connects the operating winding 0 of ,the switch S in circuit The switch S is also locked open by the rush of current and closes when the current diminishes to that value at which the switch S is adjusted to operate, short-circuiting the resistance it and. connecting the operating winding 0 of the switch S in circuit. Likewise, the rush of current will lock open the switch S until. owing to the acceleration of the motor, the armature current has decreased suiiiciei'itly to allow the switch S to close its contacts, short-circuit the resistance R connect the operating coil. of of the switch in the armature circuit, and cornplete-the circuit through the coil h of the relay B and the holding winding Fi With switch S closed, curre it lows from the positive through the armature A, the series field F, the winding 0", the contacts 8 the wind ing the contacts [3 the winding 0 the contacts S, and the winding 0' to the negative, all the starting resistance being shortcircuited. As soon as the switch S closes, the relay B is energized, current flowing from the positive through the resistance 4", the windii'ig 72. the coil 7), the bridging piece of the switch S the contacts the winding 0, the contacts S the winding 0 the contacts S, and the winding 0 to the negative. The current flowing in. this cireuit does not ate, the switch S Short-circuits the series field F and the opthe resistance (1.

' field, which causes the motor to its maxnnum.

the switch S but energizes the coil 5 sufficiently to lift the relay B, thereby opening the direct path of the s iunt field circuit at the contacts 6 and leaving the shunt field f connected to the negative only by way of The opening of the relay causes a weakening of the current in the shunt field and a further increase of speed of themotor, but owing to the high inductance of the shunt field, the currentin the shunt field circuitdiminishes slowly and the increase of speed of the motor is gradual, The short-circuiting of the resistance section R? by the operation of the switch S causes a rush of current in the armature circuit which, flowing through the winding 0 looks the switch Sopen. Although the operation ofthe switch S completes a-circuit through the coil it, close the switch but when the current in the armaturecircuit diminishes to the value at which the switch S is adjusted to opercloses its contacts and crating windings c 0 0 c of switches S, S S S. The switches S S S drop to the open position, but the switch S is held closed by the energiz'ationof the coil h. -The short-c rciuhng of the series wlnding produces a further weakening of the motor speed up to The motor is stopped by opening the switch S. In case the resistance of the field regulator is so high that it is desirable to cut it in the shunt field circuit in several steps, we use the controller shown diagrammatically in Fig. 3, which also illustrates a push button system of control.

In Fig. 3, a knife switch is indicated at S, a main switch for the motor circuit at S S, the motor armature at A, the starting resistance at R, R R and the resistance-con trolling switches at S, S S The push button M serves to start the motor and the button N to stop it. The resistance of the field regulator I) is divided in two sections (1 and (1', each provided with a short-circuit which '13 opened by the operation of the switches E andE respectively. When the switch E closes its contacts, it opens an auxiliary contact K, thus removing a short circuit around the section (Z, and when I? closes its contacts, it opens an auxiliary contact K, thus opening a short circuit around the section (7. The switches S, S S ,E and E are all of the Canfield type hereinbefore described.

The operation of the controller shown in Fig. 3 is as follows: The knife switch S is first closed; then upon depressing the push button M. an operating circuit is established from the positive through the button M, and the operating coil .9 of the main switch SS to' the negative, which causes the switch SS to close. The push button M being released.

resistance switches S,

its energization is insufiicient to cessrvely when the current in the armature circuit being traced opens its contacts but a maintaining circuit exists from the positive through the resist auce r the push button N, and the operating coils s of the switch' SS to the negative. The closure of the main switch SS establishes the motor circuit from the positive through the'knit'e switch S, the main switch SS, the armature A, the. starting resist-- ance R R R and the winding 0 of the resistance switch S to the negative. The field circuit is completed from the positive through the shunt field f and thence directly to the negative, through the auxiliary contact K on the switch E, no resistance be ing inserted in the field circuit. This is the starting position with the current inthe armature circuit limited by the starting resistance and with full field excitation. The

S S operate succircuit decreases to that value at which said switches are respectively adjusted to close thereby causing the motor to accelerate. lVhen the resistance switch S closes its contacts, it short-circuits the last resistance section R and connects the e of the switch E in the armature circuit. The consequent rush of current locks out the switch E until the current diminishes to that value at which the switch E is adjusted to operate. At that moment the switch E closes its 'contacts, connects the operatin winding e of the switch E in circuit, s ort-circuits the windings 0, c 0 and c, and-opens the auxiliary contact K, thereby removing the short circuit around the resistance d. The switches S, S S immediately drop to the open position and the switch E would do so but for the holding coil Z, which is now energized, the holdin from the positive through the. main switch SS, the resistance, r the coil Z and the contacts of the switch E to the negative. The operation of the switch E, short-circuiting the windings ,0 to e inclusive and also weakening of the field current, causes the current in the armature circuit to increase sufficiently to lock the switch E in the open position. \Vhen finally the current decreases to that value at which the switch E is adjusted to operate, it closes its contacts, providing a direct path to the negative for the armature current, and opening the auxiliary contact K which in turn opens the short-circuit around the resistance section (Z' of the field regulator. The motor will now run at full speed. At thesame time, the holding coil Z is energized, the current flowing from the positive through the resistance 1 the coil Z and the contacts of the switch E to the negative. Consequently, although the operating winding c fj'ofthe switch E is shortcircuited, the switch E is held closed by the energization of the coil Z If it is desired wil I operating winding always be started under t n and this condition of the field will continue throughout the afcceleratiou of the motor,

whereupon the main switch S opened,

thus cutting oil the motor from the supply,

' and all the other switches drop to the open position. it is thus seen thatthemotor will and that the regulator will then he automatically connected in, the resultant speed ,of the motor being that determined by the adjustment of the regulator. The usual method of starting the motor is to move the field regulator to the full field position before 5 starting, and then to bring the motor up to the desired speed by adjusting the regulator. It often occurs that the operator will fail to do this, and our invention insures that the motor will always be vstarted under proper field excitation.

lt will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that a reverser for the motor, magnetically operated or otherwise, can he used'in connection with our invention.

We have shown our invention used in connection with switches operated by the motor current, but it. will be also readily understood that it can be used with other forms of switch or controller for starting the motor using shunt field. regulation.

lVe do not limit our invention to controllers without rcversers for the motors nor to'modifications of the elements and combinations thereof shown'and described provided the modifications come within the spirit of the invention defined in the appended claims. V

' 1. In an electric motor system, a motm', a rheosta't therefor, a switch for controlling the rheostat, an operating winding therefor, energized by current through the motor, a shunt field tor the motor, a regulator for the shunt field, a shunt for the regulator, and means cont-rolled by the switch for re- -moving the shunt.

2. In an'electric controller, a circuit, a rheo-stat therefor, a switch for controlling the rheostat, an operating winding therefor, energized by current through the rheostat, a second circuit, a controlling device therefor, a shunt for the said device, and means lliield excitation, I

controlled by the switch for removingthe said shunt. i-

3. In an electric motor system, a motor, a circuit therefor, a resistance in the circuit means for cutting out the resistance, a shuntfield for the motor, a regulator therefor, a shunt for the regulator, and means for removing the said shunt only when the motor current has fallen to a certain value after the resistance has been cut out of the circuits. l

- 4. In an electric motor system, a motor, a circuit for the motor, a shunt field, a regu- *lator for the shunt field, a shunt for the ulator, and a switchhaving a winding in motor circuit'and adapted to remain open when the motor current is above a predetermined value and to close when the current is reduced, and means controlled by the switch for removing the said shunt from the regulator. a

5. In an electric motor system, a motor, a resistance therefor, a switch having contacts for controlling the resistance, a shunt field for the motor, a shunt field regulator, a switch for shunting the regulator, and means including the said contacts of the resistance cont-rolling switch for opening the shunt when the resistance switch closes.

6. In an electric motor system, a motor, a resistance therefor, a pair of contacts connected to the resistance, a bridging piece cooperating therewith for controlling the resistance, a shunt field" for the motor, a shunt field regulator, a switch for shunting the regulator, and an operating winding for the switch connected to the bridging piece.

7 In an electricmotor system, a motor, a series oi resistance sections therefor, a scries of switches fox-the resistance sections.

operating windings for the switches in the motor circuit, the last of the switches locking open when the current in its winding is above a predetermined value and closing when the current is reduced, av shunt field for the motor, a shunt field regulator, a relay normally shunting the regulator, an operating winding therefor, and means controlled by the last switch to close vfor energizing said winding.

Signed at Cleveland, Ohio, this 15th day of June, A. D. 1911. p I ARTHUR C. EAS'llVOOD.

I JAY H. HALL. Witnesses: i

P. C. CLARK,

G. L. TovELL.

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